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Welcome to the last episode of Season 1 for Sis, Please! If you haven't listened to all the episodes, make sure to check them out. And if you've been a loyal listener throughout the season, go back and listen again. There are sure to be some gems you missed.
In this season finale episode, we interview each other. We ask each other questions like whether you'd choose Big D*ck Energy over financial security and what conversation we'd love to have with our future self. Plus, we share our most embarrassing moments (hint: they involve a wig and marijuana edibles).
To learn the answers, join us as we discuss:
Market Adjustments
Refinancing
Hungover
Celebrations
Edibles
Building Generational Wealth
BDE
Micro P*nis
Edu-Take YouTube Channel
Abbott Elementary
Wig incidents
The Leadership Compass
Nelson Mandela
Honorable Mentions
How Long Do Edibles Take to Kick In?
How To Continue A Legacy With An Inheritance
'Would you date a bus driver?' debate roils social media, and Eboni K. Williams fires back
Funniest/most embarrassing wig stories
Sisters Born Decades Apart On How The Age Gap Affects Their Relationship
The Leadership Compass Self-Assessment
Question of the Episode: What questions would you ask Satta and Jaretta? Share with us your answer via email or in a review wherever you listened to this episode!
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This podcast is hosted and sponsored by Satta Sarmah Hightower and Jaretta Konneh. When Satta isn't sharing her life experiences with Jaretta, she works in content marketing and helps technology & financial services companies powerfully convey their message. A storyteller at heart, Satta has a master's degree from Northwestern University's Medill School. When Jaretta isn't dealing with the craziness of dating apps, she works as a non-profit professional. She has a master's degree from the Harvard Graduate School of Education.
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Have you had an experience that you would love to share in a safe space? Satta and Jaretta invite you to email them at [email protected] and tell them about it. They may even share your experience (you can remain anonymous) on an upcoming episode.
If you enjoyed this episode, leave a review and share this podcast with a friend. We all have a Sis that needs to be reminded their perspective is valuable.
Song Credit: Bestie by Fiskayet
This is a Crackers In Soup production.
Miss Manners says to never talk about Money, Politics or Religion. Well, Miss Manners needs to cover her ears because Satta and Jaretta are taking a deep dive into the topic of religion. As Jaretta shares her Pentecostal beliefs, Satta shares why she has found solace as a "None." With Black Americans moving away from faith, join Satta and Jaretta as they discuss:
Pentecostal Faith
Baptism
Colonizers
Slavery
NONES
Morality
The Bible
Creation
The Big Bang
Christianity
Pro Life
The Great Commission
Missionaries
Jenifer Lewis
Black Jesus
Honorable Mentions
Pentecostal Christians: What Do They Believe?
African Christianity Thrived, Long Before White Men Arrived
The Slave Trade
Black Americans See the Biggest Shift Away from Faith
World Religions Map
Faith & Science: Can the Big Bang Prove God Exists?
Christianity
Precious Memories of Missionaries of Color
Question of the Episode: Do you find yourself leaning more towards a religion or spirituality? Share with us your answer via email or in a review wherever you listened to this episode!
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This podcast is hosted and sponsored by Satta Sarmah Hightower and Jaretta Konneh. When Satta isn't sharing her life experiences with Jaretta, she works in content marketing and helps technology & financial services companies powerfully convey their message. A storyteller at heart, Satta has a master's degree from Northwestern University's Medill School. When Jaretta isn't dealing with the craziness of dating apps, she works as a non-profit professional. She has a master's degree from the Harvard Graduate School of Education.
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Have you had an experience that you would love to share in a safe space? Satta and Jaretta invite you to email them at [email protected] and tell them about it. They may even share your experience (you can remain anonymous) on an upcoming episode.
If you enjoyed this episode, leave a review and share this podcast with a friend. We all have a Sis that needs to be reminded their perspective is valuable.
Song Credit: Bestie by Fiskayet
This is a Crackers In Soup production.
Academy-Award winning actress Regina King had this to say about her 20s: "I feel like I'm so much more interesting now, as a soon-to-be-50-year-old woman, than I was at 25. I can bring so much more to the table. You may not have the stamina that you had at 25, but what you know now? So much better."
King is right. In your 20s, you're just beginning to figure things out. This decade of life is about making stupid mistakes β but not to the point where you never recover from them. In your 30s, you often get to know yourself more and life gets better. If, like King suggests, life is more interesting after your 20s, then maybe we all get more interesting as we age.
In this episode, Satta, 38, and Jaretta, 31, recap the foolishness of their 20s and the commandments they want to live by in their 30s (and beyond). They also discuss:
Honorable Mentions
How Breaking Your People-Pleasing Habit Can Improve Your Sex and Dating Life
The Best Life Lessons You Learn in Your 20s, According to a Therapist
Age Gaps in Relationships: Do They Matter?
Michelle Singletary's money milestones for every age
The 30s: Keeping Your Health In the Balance
Question of the Episode: What life lessons did you learn in your 20s? Share with us your answer via email or in a review wherever you listened to this episode!
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This podcast is hosted and sponsored by Satta Sarmah Hightower and Jaretta Konneh. When Satta isn't sharing her life experiences with Jaretta, she works in content marketing and helps technology & financial services companies powerfully convey their message. A storyteller at heart, Satta has a master's degree from Northwestern University's Medill School. When Jaretta isn't dealing with the craziness of dating apps, she works as a non-profit professional. She has a master's degree from the Harvard Graduate School of Education.
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Follow Sis, Please on these social media platforms:
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Have you had an experience that you would love to share in a safe space? Satta and Jaretta invite you to email them at [email protected] and tell them about it. They may even share your experience (you can remain anonymous) on an upcoming episode.
If you enjoyed this episode, leave a review and share this podcast with a friend. We all have a Sis that needs to be reminded their perspective is valuable.
Song Credit: Bestie by Fiskayet
This is a Crackers In Soup production.
Black people are not a monolith. From Black Americans who were born in the States to Africans who came to the U.S. a few years ago, the Diaspora is incredibly diverse. Unfortunately, sometimes our differences create social distance between us, even though we share a fundamental thing in common: we're all Black.
Join Satta and Jaretta as they discuss:
Honorable Mentions
Liberia: Background and U.S. Relations
Embracing The African In African-American
Being Black In America And Being African Aren't Mutually Exclusive
Finding Your Roots
I Love Cooking Liberian Food
Vernacular Liberian English
How Eurocentric Beauty Standards Harm Black Women
Which Country Makes the Best African Rice
Question of the Episode: Are you open to the opportunity to hear all types of Black experiences? Share with us your answer via email or in a review wherever you listened to this episode!
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This podcast is hosted and sponsored by Satta Sarmah Hightower and Jaretta Konneh. When Satta isn't sharing her life experiences with Jaretta, she works in content marketing and helps technology & financial services companies powerfully convey their message. A storyteller at heart, Satta has a master's degree from Northwestern University's Medill School. When Jaretta isn't dealing with the craziness of dating apps, she works as a non-profit professional. She has a master's degree from the Harvard Graduate School of Education.
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Follow Sis, Please on these social media platforms:
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Have you had an experience that you would love to share in a safe space? Satta and Jaretta invite you to email them at [email protected] and tell them about it. They may even share your experience (you can remain anonymous) on an upcoming episode.
If you enjoyed this episode, leave a review and share this podcast with a friend. We all have a Sis that needs to be reminded their perspective is valuable.
Song Credit: Bestie by Fiskayet
This is a Crackers In Soup production.
When you think of the term Black Excellence, what comes to mind? Prestige. Class. The Best of the Best. These are the words that are usually assigned to people who exude Black Excellence. People like the Obamas, Jay-Z and Beyonce, Oprah. But what if Black Excellence is something to strive for AND harmful to the community? The increased pressure of having to be the best can be exhausting. What happens when systematic racism has us believing the only way to be "good enough" when your Black, is to be excellent?
Join Satta and Jaretta as they discuss:
The Obamas
The Huxtables
Celebrating Black People
Legacy
The Talented Tenth
Unrealistic Expectations
Ubuntu
Systemic Racism
Respectability Politics
Black Athletes
Individualism
The Collective
Honorable Mentions
Obama's Portraits Highlight Black Excellence and the Black Plight
Black Excellence
Our Obsession with Black Excellence is Harming Black People
Ubuntu: I Am Because You Are
Three Soccer Places are Facing Racist Abuse
Jaylen Brown calls out racist, toxic Celtics fans
The Sports World Has Ignored The Mental Health of Black Female Athletes
Question of the Episode: How do you achieve "Black Excellence" in your daily life? Share with us your answer via email or in a review wherever you listened to this episode!
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This podcast is hosted and sponsored by Satta Sarmah Hightower and Jaretta Konneh. When Satta isn't sharing her life experiences with Jaretta, she works in content marketing and helps technology & financial services companies powerfully convey their message. A storyteller at heart, Satta has a master's degree from Northwestern University's Medill School. When Jaretta isn't dealing with the craziness of dating apps, she works as a non-profit professional. She has a master's degree from the Harvard Graduate School of Education.
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Have you had an experience that you would love to share in a safe space? Satta and Jaretta invite you to email them at [email protected] and tell them about it. They may even share your experience (you can remain anonymous) on an upcoming episode.
If you enjoyed this episode, leave a review and share this podcast with a friend. We all have a Sis that needs to be reminded their perspective is valuable.
Song Credit: Bestie by Fiskayet
This is a Crackers In Soup, LLC production.
Say goodbye to the narrative of the "Strong Black Woman." Black women working numerous jobs while being emotional caregivers and keeping up with our family duties has exhausted us. The indoctrination of "I'll sleep when I die" is as old as pensions and CDs. Now, after seeing generations of Black women work themselves into exhaustion and mental health crisis and after experiencing the Covid shut-down, millennials are deciding the hard lifestyle is not for them. They are striving for that soft life. A life that puts relaxation and mental wellbeing first.
Join Satta and Jaretta as they discuss:
Honorable Mentions
People Are Opting for a 'Soft Life'βWill It Really Transform Your Wellbeing?
Millennials want to live a 'soft life,' and it's changing how they work
Living The #SoftLife: Here's Why Black Women Are Rejecting The Harmful "Strong Black Woman" Trope
Andscape
What Is Quiet Quittingβand Is It a Real Trend?
Why Taking Vacation Time Could Save Your Life
Diet, Exercise, and Sleep Are Pillars of Mental Health, Study Finds
Question of the Episode: Are you about that soft life? Share with us your answer via email or in a review wherever you listened to this episode!
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This podcast is hosted and sponsored by Satta Sarmah Hightower and Jaretta Konneh. When Satta isn't sharing her life experiences with Jaretta, she works in content marketing and helps technology & financial services companies powerfully convey their message. A storyteller at heart, Satta has a master's degree from Northwestern University's Medill School. When Jaretta isn't dealing with the craziness of dating apps, she works as a non-profit professional. She has a master's degree from the Harvard Graduate School of Education.
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Follow Sis, Please on these social media platforms:
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Have you had an experience that you would love to share in a safe space? Satta and Jaretta invite you to email them at [email protected] and tell them about it. They may even share your experience (you can remain anonymous) on an upcoming episode.
If you enjoyed this episode, leave a review and share this podcast with a friend. We all have a Sis that needs to be reminded their perspective is valuable.
Song Credit: Bestie by Fiskayet
This is a Crackers In Soup production.
Henrietta Lacks. The Tuskegee Syphilis Experiment. Microaggressions and racial trauma. These are just some of the reasons Black people have a distrust of the medical and mental health profession. About 25% of Black people seek mental health treatment, compared to 40% of white Americans. Despite lower rates of major depressive episodes than the U.S. population overall, mental health disorders have increased in Black youth and adults over the last decade. Rates also surged during the pandemic. The bottom line? We're in desperate need of therapy but are very reluctant to receive treatment.
In this episode, Satta and Jaretta speak with Margaret (Frempong) McComiskey, MSW, LICSW, a licensed therapist and clinical social worker who believes therapy is for everyone, especially Black folks. Gaining the capacity to face complicated, and oftentimes, frightening emotions is one of the bravest things you can do for yourself and the ones you love, McComiskey says.
Join Satta, Jaretta, and Margaret as they discuss:
Honorable Mentions
Black Mental Health: What You Need To Know
Black and African American Communities and Mental Health
Social Work History
10 Sure Signs You Need To See A Therapist (And How To Find The Right One)
Why Black Churches Need to Do Better with Mental Health Issues
Notions of Spirits as Agents of Mental Illness among the Akan of Ghana: A Cultural-psychological Exploration
RAPPERS DEFEND MICHAEL B. JORDAN AND JONATHAN MAJORS AFTER CAM'RON DISSES 'CREED III' OVER CAST PHOTO
Why Cultural Competence is Important
Boris Lawrence Henson Foundation
Question of the Episode: Has therapy worked for you? Share with us your answer via email or in a review wherever you listened to this episode!
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This podcast is hosted and sponsored by Satta Sarmah Hightower and Jaretta Konneh. When Satta isn't sharing her life experiences with Jaretta, she works in content marketing and helps technology & financial services companies powerfully convey their message. A storyteller at heart, Satta has a master's degree from Northwestern University's Medill School. When Jaretta isn't dealing with the craziness of dating apps, she works as a non-profit professional. She has a master's degree from the Harvard Graduate School of Education.
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Follow Sis, Please on these social media platforms:
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Have you had an experience that you would love to share in a safe space? Satta and Jaretta invite you to email them at [email protected] and tell them about it. They may even share your experience (you can remain anonymous) on an upcoming episode.
If you enjoyed this episode, leave a review and share this podcast with a friend. We all have a Sis that needs to be reminded their perspective is valuable.
Song Credit: Bestie by Fiskayet
This is a Crackers In Soup production.
From LSU's Angel Reese catching flack for her "you can't see me" gesture during the national championship game to the backlash Megan Thee Stallion received during the Tory Lanez shooting case, there are so many examples of the ways Black women are misunderstood and disrespected.
Time and time again, history shows Black women we are not worth protecting. And that our physical and psychological safety are often at risk. From the staggering statistic that 40 percent of all missing persons cases are people of color but significantly underrepresented in news coverage to the lack of justice given to Black women who are domestic violence and sexual assault victims, we are always seen as the problem.
Although this episode was taped prior to LSU Tigers winning the national championship, this conversation is absolutely relevant to that situation. As the saying goes, "Same π©, different day"!
Join Satta and Jaretta as they discuss:
Honorable Mentions
Missing White Woman Syndrome: An Empirical Analysis of Race and Gender Disparities in Online News Coverage of Missing Persons
A jury believed Megan Thee Stallion. It's shameful so many social media influencers didn't
Violence Against Black Women β Many Types, Far-reaching Effects
Study Finds Black Women Murdered by Men Are Nearly Always Killed by Someone They Know, Most Commonly with a Gun
INTIMATE PARTNER VIOLENCE IN THE BLACK COMMUNITY
Question of the Episode: Who do you feel protects you as a Black woman? Share with us your answer via email or in a review wherever you listened to this episode!
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This podcast is hosted and sponsored by Satta Sarmah Hightower and Jaretta Konneh. When Satta isn't sharing her life experiences with Jaretta, she works in content marketing and helps technology & financial services companies powerfully convey their message. A storyteller at heart, Satta has a master's degree from Northwestern University's Medill School. When Jaretta isn't dealing with the craziness of dating apps, she works as a non-profit professional. She has a master's degree from the Harvard Graduate School of Education.
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Follow Sis, Please on these social media platforms:
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Have you had an experience that you would love to share in a safe space? Satta and Jaretta invite you to email them at [email protected] and tell them about it. They may even share your experience (you can remain anonymous) on an upcoming episode.
If you enjoyed this episode, leave a review and share this podcast with a friend. We all have a Sis that needs to be reminded their perspective is valuable.
Song Credit: Bestie by Fiskayet
This is a Crackers In Soup production.
The "Magic Carpet to the Middle Class." That was the slogan for the GI Bill, which President Franklin D. Roosevelt signed into law in 1944. The bill gave World War II veterans money to fund a college education β introducing and cementing the idea that a college education leads to financial success. But as colleges become more expensive, the average college graduate is leaving not only with a degree, but with thousands of dollars in debt.
As Satta and Jaretta discuss their experiences attending postsecondary schools and their financial obligations to attend those schools, they also explore the government's decision to forgive student loans. And yes, the sisters have very different opinions on the matter.
After all is said and done, they explore the question: "Were our student loans even worth it"? Join them as they discuss:
Honorable Mentions
The Middle Class Rose, as Did Expectations
Average Student Loan Debt
College Visions
Americorps
The College Payoff
FACT SHEET: President Biden Announces Student Loan Relief for Borrowers Who Need It Most
The Case Against Student Loan Forgiveness
Question of the Episode: Were your student loans worth it to you? Share with us your answer via email or in a review wherever you listened to this episode!
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This podcast is hosted and sponsored by Satta Sarmah Hightower and Jaretta Konneh. When Satta isn't sharing her life experiences with Jaretta, she works in content marketing and helps technology & financial services companies powerfully convey their message. A storyteller at heart, Satta has a master's degree from Northwestern University's Medill School. When Jaretta isn't dealing with the craziness of dating apps, she works as a non-profit professional. She has a master's degree from the Harvard Graduate School of Education.
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Follow Sis, Please on these social media platforms:
Tik Tok
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Have you had an experience that you would love to share in a safe space? Satta and Jaretta invite you to email them at [email protected] and tell them about it. They may even share your experience (you can remain anonymous) on an upcoming episode.
If you enjoyed this episode, leave a review and share this podcast with a friend. We all have a Sis that needs to be reminded their perspective is valuable.
Song Credit: Bestie by Fiskayet
This is a Crackers In Soup production.
There's often this preconceived notion that aging gracefully is built into Black women's genetic code. We've all heard the age-old adage, "Black Don't Crack." But the truth is, it does if you don't take care of it.
As Satta and Jaretta navigate their 30s, they've started to ask themselves how far they're willing to go to maintain (or change) what they have. Plastic surgery is becoming normalized, and in the era of BBLs, what's wrong with a little nip-tuck?
In this episode, the sisters explore what it means to age with grace, dealing with body-shaming aunties, potentially going under the knife, and society's ever-changing definition of beauty, as well as:
Honorable Mentions
K. Michelle
Cardi B Warned Women About Butt Injections
Buzz Feed News
Is Diet or Exercise More Important for Your Health?
Mindful Eating: The Art of Presence While You Eat
Obesity and Heart Disease Risk in Black People
Question of the Episode: If you had the means, would you consider surgery to have the body image you envision? Share with us your answer via email or in a review wherever you listened to this episode!
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This podcast is hosted and sponsored by Satta Sarmah Hightower and Jaretta Konneh. When Satta isn't sharing her life experiences with Jaretta, she works in content marketing and helps technology & financial services companies powerfully convey their message. A storyteller at heart, Satta has a master's degree from Northwestern University's Medill School. When Jaretta isn't dealing with the craziness of dating apps, she works as a non-profit professional. She has a master's degree from the Harvard Graduate School of Education.
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Follow Sis, Please on these social media platforms:
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Have you had an experience that you would love to share in a safe space? Satta and Jaretta invite you to email them at [email protected] and tell them about it. They may even share your experience (you can remain anonymous) on an upcoming episode.
If you enjoyed this episode, leave a review and share this podcast with a friend. We all have a Sis that needs to be reminded their perspective is valuable.
Song Credit: Bestie by Fiskayet
This is a Crackers In Soup production.
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